horde
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What’s more intimidating, an 800-pound gorilla or a horde of small ones?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
This isn’t the first time unusual weather has spawned a mosquito horde in the region during what should be the insect’s offseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
The latest securities filing shows Strategy purchased its horde of 713,502 tokens for an average price of $76,052 each, or $54.26 billion in total.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
Jess could see Cluny and the horde coming through the trees.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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The production value is high, storytelling is captivating and hordes of fellow inmates get involved as actors and crew.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Zone One” is a smart take on the shuffling hordes and pandemic survivors who try to take Manhattan back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
In St. Lucia, a tiny Caribbean island of 180,000 people where dramatic volcanic peaks draw hordes of tourists, Cuban doctors have been part of the healthcare system for more than 40 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Whether or not hordes of international fans will take over I-95 on foot to get to the stadium is another question entirely.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
From each side street hordes of little ragamuffins emerged to swell the main tide.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Like these commodities, data siphoned by tech companies from COVID-19 screening may be the next asset to be horded and exploited.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2020
He got it from a fellow inmate, and he horded it under his bed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2015
Outside the walls of Harrenhal, a wolf horded long and loud.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Their chief places of resort, and where, during the inclemency of winter, they horded or housed together, were, Kirk Yetholm, Rothbury, Horncliff, Spittal, and Tweedmouth.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
Their attics were museums where were horded every sort of object against the time when it might be needed.
From Carl and the Cotton Gin by Sara Ware Bassett
Another market force at play is consumer behavior, in this case, hording.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Cole has refused medical attention and ignored his personal hygiene, hording food and living in a darkened cell with little to no communication with staff or fellow prisoners, his attorneys told the panel.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
That could lead to some destructive outcomes if competing countries start collecting and hording arable land, Lazard said.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2022
Can you imagine if every rich person was so focused on making the world a better place, instead of either hording their wealth or squandering it on fancy junk and stoking their egos.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2018
I would rather be an automaton in a factory than a paper pusher or a money hording entrepreneur.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
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